Is levitation real or fake?

[juanji15]

hi i was going through youtube today just cheking videos because i had some spare time, and then i came to this video where this person could actually move objects supposedly with his mind, all the comments that were written about the video said it was fake and that it was impossible, but that actually got me wondering, is our brain powerful enough to actually interfere and come in contact with things outside the body, because if this is actually true i would like to try it out, but i would like to know what you guys think, and if you think its real and have a real story that has happened to you please tell me and any resources you used to achieve it. thanks

[CtrlAltDe1337]

I think levitation(sp?) is real but somehow I doubt a guy off youtube is doing it for real...

[Lou5je]

Things like levitation, extra sensory perception and indeed all paranormal claims have never been proved in any kind of reliable research. Their effects can easily be accomplished by good illusionists - only most of those don't tend to claim that they're doing it by using supernatural means. As of yet, there is absolutely no reason to believe that phenomena like this are truly taking place.

It looks like there are some ways in which things can be made to levitate - if the Telegraph is to be considered a credible source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1559...evitation.html

This doesn't have anything at all to do with floating gurus, though.

[whhyy]

Thought this might be funny

[chris_uk_83]

You can make things levitate, though not through the power of the mind. You use magnets. Magnets are clever.

[NaptownKnight]

Yeah, playing with a magnet and some paper clips is fun. And the best thing about the magnet is that if someone pisses you off, or your school pisses you off, then you can take it to their TVs/PC Monitors.

[Pontifex Maximus]

Scientifically speaking, one can levitate using magnets, I've seen it done before, but from a paranormal view, I don't really think it is possible. I don't really buy into much paranormal/ghostie stuff.

[Syron]

As for what you are talking about, there's nothing to suggest that it is possible.

[chris_uk_83]

And that my friends is called the Meissner effect.

[juanji15]

so really brain power is not enough to move stuff by your own will?

[Simetrical]

so really brain power is not enough to move stuff by your own will?

No more than your arms and legs can think. Brains are for perception and cognition, not locomotion.

[Chaigidel]

well technically you can get in a truck and move stuff by your own will with your hands and mind; but I dont think it can be done with just the thinking part; doing is part of the equation.

[Da Skinna]

I remember watching a show on Discovery with this guy heavily into technology, and he made a machine that could lift objects into the air.. and I mean large objects, several stones heavy.

His initial attempts actually levitated objects that weren't supposed to, like a bookshelf across the room.

Pretty freaky stuff, I just wish I could remember what he made it for whether for travel, like the magnetic rail-line, or weapons or something...